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Europa puts in the hours to keep cross-Channel freight moving

[ December 16, 2025   //   Chris Lewis ]

Europa Road says it put in over 200 additional man-hours to minimise disruption after repeated outages in France’s new Delta I/E customs system.

Since its permanent rollout in the last quarter of 2025, the system has suffered frequent downtime, extending transit times from two to as long as six days and creating the most challenging conditions since Brexit.

Europa’s 60 in-house customs specialists in the EU and UK worked around the clock to manage declarations and working with authorities to keep goods moving.

Changes to the EU’s Union Customs Code have prompted member states to upgrade their electronic customs systems, including the new French, but frequent outages of the new software system led to delays, particularly for full loads.

The Delta I/E outages uncertainty over changes to French fiscal regulations impacting Regime 42 Delivery Duty Paid terms from January 2026, prompting Europa to launch two solutions under its Europa Flow brand. 

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